John Dyer first came to Braintree about 1678-9 and is of recordas shown by the diary of Judge Samuel Sewal who state last whatone Dyer of Braintree shot an Indian to death as he was breakinghis windown and attempting to get into his house against hiswill "etc.". Feb. 1, 1680-1 after an inquest as shown by thecourt records it was deterined that the Indian was starving andin weak and low condition and John Dyer of Braintree for killingJan 31, last John Ahattawants, an Indian, by shooting him withswan shot was arraigned for murder, the jury found him guilty ofmanslaughter, and is to pay the widow 20 shillings for 5 years,and costs of court. Paid 20 shillings Mar.1, 1680.Where John Dyer was then living is not known, but perhaps on hislater location on Dyer Hill, South Braintree, but made nopurchase ther until June 5, 1711 when he bought of Samuel White26 acres "commonly called Ironworks land". In the meantime, head probably returned to Dyer's Neck in Maine with his BrotherChristopher as he was one of the petitioners for resettlementthere in 1682 and after their deaths at the hands of the Indiansin 1689 returned to Braintree where his children were baptizedbeginning in 1693. In his will dated March 9, 1731mentions"having received sundry wounds from the Indians in the EasternWars, and have been rendered incapable of labour so that thesmall estat I now have was procured only by the industry of mywife and the children I had by her since my son William leftme."